The Academy of Baccio Bandinelli, after Baccio Bandinelli
circa 1546-1561
16th century
30.8 cm x 47.7 cm (12 1/8 in. x 18 3/4 in.)
Enea Vico
(Parma, 1523 - 1567, Ferrara)
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Italian
Medium and Support:
Engraving
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.2813
This is the later of two engravings of Bandinelli’s studio. Students drawing by the light of an oil lamp and candle dominate the composition. Accessories of the sculptor’s art fill the foreground and the shelf behind: models, skeletal fragments, and various volumes. Bandinelli himself stands at the far right. On his coat and above the mantle appear a cross denoting the knighthood conferred by his principal early patron, Pope Clement VII.